生物技术通报 ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 93-106.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2023-0486

• 技术与方法 • 上一篇    下一篇

FACS技术在酶定向进化中的应用

刘金升(), 陈振娅(), 霍毅欣, 郭淑元()   

  1. 北京理工大学生命学院,北京 100081
  • 收稿日期:2023-05-23 出版日期:2023-10-26 发布日期:2023-11-28
  • 通讯作者: 陈振娅,博士,副研究员,研究方向:生物传感器和蛋白质工程;E-mail: chenzhenya@bit.edu.cn
    郭淑元,博士,教授,研究方向:基因编辑和蛋白质工程;E-mail: guosy@bit.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:刘金升,硕士研究生,研究方向:生物传感器的高通量筛选;E-mail: ljs15536837748@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发专项(2019YFA0904104);国家自然科学基金项目(22278033)

Application of FACS Technology in the Directed Evolution of Enzyme

LIU Jin-sheng(), CHEN Zhen-ya(), HUO Yi-xin, GUO Shu-yuan()   

  1. School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2023-05-23 Published:2023-10-26 Online:2023-11-28

摘要:

流式细胞术(flow cytometry,FCM)是一种在单细胞水平上对大量细胞进行快速、相对定量的多参数分析技术。基于FCM建立的荧光激活细胞分选术(fluorescence-activated cell sorting,FACS)可物理分离荧光标记的单细胞,目前已被广泛应用于酶定向进化领域。定向进化已被证明是获得高酶活、强热稳定性、耐溶剂性等优良性质工业酶的有效方法,其首先需通过随机突变和DNA重组等方法构建酶突变文库,随后需在人工选择压力下对突变文库进行筛选。传统筛选方法如平板法、微孔板法等,存在通量低、成本高、误差大、准确性差等局限,无法实现对大型文库的高通量筛选。相较于传统筛选方法,FACS具有高通量、耗费低、误差小、精度高等优势。本文首先总结了FCM及FACS的发展进程,以及由此衍生的相关仪器的组成和分类,随后讨论了FACS在酶定向进化中的应用现状及现阶段的应用局限性,最后总结并展望了FACS发展方向及其在酶定向进化领域的应用前景。

关键词: 流式细胞术, 荧光激活细胞分选, 高通量筛选

Abstract:

Flow cytometry(FCM)is a rapid and relatively quantitative multi-parameter analytical technique for analyzing a large number of cells at the single-cell level. The constructed fluorescence activated cell sorting(FACS)based on FCM can physically separate fluorescent-labeled single cells and has been widely used in the field of directed evolution of enzyme. Directed evolution has been proven to be an effective method for obtaining industrial enzymes with excellent properties, such as high enzyme activity, strong thermal stability and solvent resistance. To conduct directed evolution, mutant library firstly needs to be constructed by random mutagenesis or DNA recombination, and then be screened under manual selection pressure. Traditional screening methods such as plate and microplate methods have limitations of low throughput, high cost, large errors, and poor accuracy, and cannot achieve high-throughput screening of large mutant library. Compared with traditional screening methods, FACS has the advantages of high throughput, low cost, small error and high precision. In this article, we first summarized the development process of FCM and FACS, as well as the composition and classification of related instruments derived from them. Then, we discussed the application status and limitations of FACS in the directed evolution of enzyme. Finally, we summarized and prospected the development direction of FACS and its application in the field of directed evolution of enzyme.

Key words: flow cytometry, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, high-throughput screening